{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-20-5-43","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 20-5-43","heading":"Duties and responsibilities of boards of trustees.","body":"The board of trustees shall have duties and responsibilities which include but are not limited to the following:\n(1) To employ a library director who meets state certification requirements and such other employees as necessary upon the recommendation of the library system director; provided, however, that the board shall be authorized to delegate employment of staff members to the library system director;\n(2) To approve budgets prepared by the library system director and assume responsibility for the presentation of the library’s fiscal needs to the supporting agencies;\n(3) To attend board meetings;\n(4) To establish policies governing library programs, including rules and regulations governing the use of the library;\n(5) To set policy for the administration of gifts of money and property;\n(6) To present financial and progress reports to governing officials and to the public;\n(7) To notify the appropriate authorities of a vacancy on the board so that a person may be appointed to complete unexpired or full terms; and\n(8) To notify the library system director, in advance, of all meetings of library boards and board committees.","path":["TITLE 20 Education","CHAPTER 5 Libraries","Article 2 Local and Regional Public Libraries","PART 2 County and Regional Public Libraries"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.20.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"47849b2c4a4a8a3060aa6678bd761783c9c0acdd3e3c96a7f2c5a201dfd54f7d","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-20-5-42","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-20-5-44"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}